# Lambswool Duster: Safe for TV and Other Electronics?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambswool-duster-safe-for-tv-and-other-electronics/531712>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 8, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambswool-duster-safe-for-tv-and-other-electronics/531712 "2010-03-08T10:51:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![abderian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abderian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abderian)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambswool-duster-safe-for-tv-and-other-electronics/531712/1 "2010-03-08T10:51:33Z")

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Hi all,

I came across some really nice lambswool dusters yesterday and, having previously heard about how good they are for dusting, I was thinking one of these might be handy to have around, but after giving it some thought, I realized that it’s likely static electricity that causes the duster to “grab” dust — if I were to use a lambswool duster on my LCD flatscreen TV, would such a thing hurt it? What about my DVD recorder and other electronics? I’ve looked around on the web a bit, but most of the sites that advocate using lambswool dusters on electronics are, well, _selling_ lambswool dusters.

Does anyone here know about such things?  
PW

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambswool-duster-safe-for-tv-and-other-electronics/531712/2 "2010-03-08T16:31:26Z")

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I’ve used them before with no ill effect. The amount of static electricity is not that high. I mean, I wouldn’t use it inside a computer case, but on things that are closed off, I’ve never had a problem.

ETA: But my TVs are all still CRTs. I definitely don’t see a problem with the other devices you mentioned, though.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambswool-duster-safe-for-tv-and-other-electronics/531712/3 "2010-03-08T17:38:06Z")

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Inside the case it could kill the electronics. Outside the case have at it.

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**Author:** ![abderian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abderian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abderian)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambswool-duster-safe-for-tv-and-other-electronics/531712/4 "2010-03-09T01:09:48Z")

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Good to know. Thanks, guys!